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Chapter 145 - Military Training

In the following few days, Zhao Chen, Li Gang and Wang Shu were discussing about the appointment! After experiencing Zhe Keqiu's chaos, there was a lack of officials in the imperial court. Other than the two prime ministers Li Gang and Wang Shu, there were no officials in the imperial court. The gap between the officials in the court was too large. They had to make up for it in a short period of time, or else the government would not be able to function properly!

Zhao Chen had his own thoughts on the appointment of a government official. He was determined to change the official system of the Song Dynasty, but all of this could only be carried out after the situation of the Middle Han Area had completely stabilized.

On the tenth day of the sixth month, Zhao Chen left the Hanzhong City and brought a group of Managed soldiers and horses to the Forbidden Army.

The moment Zhao Chen appeared at the entrance of the Forbidden Army, the Expeditionary soldiers couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers. Countless Expeditionary soldiers knelt on the ground to welcome Zhao Chen's arrival!

Zhao Chen had only been in the Forbidden Army for a few days, but he had left a deep impression on the soldiers! These few days, there were even people who were looking forward to Zhao Chen's return. Now, seeing Zhao Chen, they were naturally all excited!

"Where's Yue Fei?" Zhao Chen asked loudly.

"General Yue is in that room over there!" A soldier pointed ahead.

Zhao Chen nodded, then spurred his horse towards that direction! After a moment, he got down from the horse and entered the room!

Yue Fei and a few generals were discussing something when they saw Zhao Chen approaching. They also knelt down anxiously and greeted him: "Greetings your majesty!"

Zhao Chen helped Yue Fei up, and laughed: "From today onwards, we will not kneel in the army camp! What are you talking about? "

Yue Fei said: "This humble subject thinks that the army should be taught a lesson every three days! These generals do not agree with this humble official's words! "

The generals looked unhappy. One of them said, "Your Majesty, isn't the first lesson of three days a bit too arduous? We've been in the northwest for many years, and the seed army back then was only taught once every five days! If we do this, I'm afraid the soldiers will not be able to take it! "

Zhao Chen asked: "Three days of first training? Five days for training? "What is this?"

Yue Fei quickly explained. Three days of training was three days of training, five days of training was five days of training! Other than the flourishing of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the ancient Chinese army was extremely lazy when it came to the Song Dynasty! In the Western Army, let alone three days, even five days were extremely rare. Many armies would even train once every ten days or half a month! In the Ming Dynasty after Song Dynasty, military training was just as lazy! Even Qi Jiguang, the famous general at that time, who trained the strongest army in the history of the Ming Dynasty, was only able to do three days of training and five days of training! In the post-modern society, the soldiers in the army were trained every day. This was unimaginable for Song Ming and other dynasties!

Zhao Chen shook his head when he heard this, and said, "The first lesson of three days? Five days for training? I think it should be a day! "

When Zhao Chen said this, Yue Fei and the others were stunned. Yue Fei said: "One day of training? Your Majesty, I am afraid this is inappropriate! "

Zhao Chen sneered and said: "What's wrong with that? Our Song Dynasty's army is used to being lazy, so it's difficult for us to be diligent! It was a very normal thing to him, but now he found it unbelievable! From today onwards, other than dealing with the affairs of state occasionally, I will spend the rest of my time in the Forbidden Army, training with the soldiers! "

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Yue Fei was surprised, and said: "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, how can you train with the soldiers?"

Zhao Chen said: "Today is a chaotic time, different from the past! When Kaifeng was still alive, the day that we obtained the Seven Star Dragon's Abyss Sword, we swore to ourselves that we would use this sword to defeat all the enemies and restore our Chinese civilization! The main task of the current dynasty is to appoint officials, but appointing officials requires an assessment, observation, and a period of time, we can give these to Li Gang, Wang Shu and the rest! Me will stay here to train with you guys! "

Yue Fei was shocked on one side, but on the other, he felt extremely excited! If Zhao Chen stayed here, it would definitely benefit his training! If Zhao Chen stayed here, his morale would naturally rise. Of course, Yue Fei still did not agree with him saying that he would teach his one day, as he felt that it would be difficult to do so.

Immediately, Yue Fei said: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards have been led by Zhe Keqiu for many years, their morale is low. Only Your Majesty can raise the morale!"

Zhao Chen said: "How is your morale?"

Yue Fei said: "The soldiers are all unwilling to train! "He's usually so lazy too!"

Zhao Chen thought for a moment, then said: "Go and gather all the soldiers from the Imperial Guard, I want to teach them a lesson!"

Yue Fei quickly nodded his head, he brought a few generals to do this task!

The laziness of the Imperial Guards far surpassed Zhao Chen's imagination. He had come here in the morning, and it took him more than two hours to gather all the Imperial Guards.

60,000 soldiers from the Imperial Guards were gathered in an open area. Most of the soldiers were not standing or sitting on the ground, and many of them were whispering to each other!

When Zhao Chen came to the front, he thought that the training grounds were filled with flies that were buzzing non-stop.

Until Zhao Chen reached the stage, the whispers below slowly stopped!

Zhao Chen looked down at the soldiers below him and frowned. As Yue Fei followed beside him, he could not help but frown!

"Greetings, Your Majesty", "Long live Your Majesty", "Long live and long live Your Majesty"... After a while, a thunderous voice suddenly came from below, the soldiers were all shouting, and upon hearing the voice, Zhao Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry.

He raised his hand and slowly pressed it down. Only then did the voices below stop!

It was just that the voices disappeared, and the whispers slowly began to resound! Some of the soldiers turned their heads to speak to the people beside them, while others spoke to the people behind them! There were also some soldiers who simply sat on the ground and fanned themselves with their hands!

The weather in June was too hot for these soldiers to bear!

"Look at you, do you still look like soldiers?" Zhao Chen suddenly bellowed from above!

Upon hearing the voice, the soldiers below were slightly stunned. Many of the soldiers immediately stopped whispering among themselves. The soldiers who were sitting down also stood up!

"You can't even stand up straight?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

These soldiers were standing in a crooked manner, unlike their appearance. Some of them were bent over, while some of them had their legs crossed. They were more of a bunch of hooligans than soldiers!

Zhao Chen never thought that the Imperial Guard would actually be in such a terrible state! No wonder such an army could not even withstand a single blow from Nvzhen! If the army were to continue like this, then it would be a dream to rely on the army to realize their dreams!

"Your Majesty, they are like this. They need to train hard to be able to change this situation!" Yue Fei said.

"Today, I shall train well with them! Pass down the order, make everyone stand up straight! Today, I am standing here, and they are standing below! We will stand together under the scorching sun for a few hours! "Hmph, he doesn't even know how to stand, is he still a soldier?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"This …" Yue Fei nodded his head, and called the generals of the imperial guards over, giving Zhao Chen the order!

In the blazing sun, Zhao Chen stood there!

His martial arts had already reached the seventh level of the Pre-Sky Realm, but he still hadn't entered the Upper Sky Realm.

In the beginning, Zhao Chen did not feel anything, but not long after, a layer of thin sweat also appeared on his forehead.

But Zhao Chen still stood there, motionless!

The generals and soldiers below had all received Zhao Chen's orders. When Zhao Chen told them to "stand" here, they had to stand up straight!

Some of the soldiers did not stand straight, but some of the generals immediately slapped their backs and legs. These soldiers had no choice but to continue standing straight!

Time slowly passed, and already an hour had passed. Countless of soldiers felt their legs go numb, they wanted to sit on the ground, but on the stage, Zhao Chen was still standing!

Zhao Chen stood there without moving. He had almost reached his limit, but he was still standing!

"From Kaifeng to the Middle Han Area, I wonder how much suffering I have experienced in the past year. "If I can't do it, how can I make those soldiers do it?" Zhao Chen clenched his fists tightly and thought to himself.

He continued to persevere. Gradually, the feeling of exhaustion disappeared and he felt as if he had another surge of strength in his chest! Zhao Chen knew that he had passed that period of fatigue!

He was still standing, but many of the soldiers below could not take it anymore!

Many of the soldiers were already on the verge of collapsing!

Under such a scorching sun, many soldiers already had the feeling of heatstroke and dehydration! They rarely trained like this, but once they encountered such high-intensity training, their body and willpower would be unable to withstand it!

It had already been two hours, and Zhao Chen was still standing there!

Many of the soldiers could no longer take it and fell to the ground! The general lashed them with his whip, but they were still unable to get up! At this moment, even the patrolling generals could not bear it. Many of them could not help but look for a shady place to rest!

An hour had passed and Zhao Chen was still standing there. More than half of the Expeditionary soldiers had fallen!

Four hours had passed and Zhao Chen was still standing. The Expeditionary soldiers below him had less than a tenth of his standing!

Everyone, including Zhao Chen, did not eat lunch. Many of the soldiers were hungry and tired, some even wished to die immediately!

In ancient China, there had never been such a training program as standing up. It was a great test of endurance!

After four hours, there were less than a hundred soldiers left standing!

Zhao Chen finally stopped!

"Is this the Forbidden Army? I gave you the title of 'Forbidden Army' back then, saying that I will restore your glory from the founding of the country! But look at what you're like right now. "

"You are here to protect your home and your country, to protect us! But now, we are still standing here and you have all fallen! Can you protect your country and your family like this, or can you protect me? "

"I'm just a twelve-year-old teenager, yet I can stand all the time. You're both adults, yet you can't stand any longer?"

Zhao Chen coldly asked from above.

Many soldiers were lying on the ground. After hearing those words, they felt extremely ashamed. Some of the soldiers had already struggled to stand up! Even though they had stood up, their bodies were still trembling due to their exhaustion!

"Everyone says that we Chinese are no match for the Nvzhen, I didn't believe it at all! But seeing you all like this, how can I believe that you all have defeated the Nvzhen? It seems like you guys can't do it anymore. If we really meet the Nvzhen, only I will be able to charge forward! " Zhao Chen said in disappointment.

"Your Majesty, we are ashamed!" Some of the soldiers below lowered their heads and said.

Zhao Chen looked at the soldier, he knew that this soldier was the one who had been standing this entire time! At this moment, his face was completely red. It was obvious that he was extremely ashamed.

"What's your name?" Zhao Chen said.

"Little! We were supposed to be protecting His Majesty, but who would have thought that we would be inferior to him? This soldier called Wang Ying said.

"You are very well! Being able to stand with us for such a long time far surpasses others! I will remember your name! " Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Ying said gratefully.

"Your Majesty, we are ashamed!"

Very soon, cries of shame could be heard from below! Countless soldiers struggled to stand up. Their heads were drooping, but their hearts were filled with shame! At this moment, even the generals had their heads hung low, feeling abnormally ashamed in their hearts!

"Your Majesty, your humble subject did not properly train them. Your heart is also ashamed!" Yue Fei said.

"It's good that you know shame! What I'm afraid of is that you don't have the slightest bit of shame! Meng Zi said that one should learn to be brave after being ashamed. If he knew that, then he would train hard from now on! I will be with you all every day from now on, don't be any worse off than me! If you guys can't even compare to us, then what makes us believe that you can protect your families and protect your countries, and what makes us believe that you can defeat Valkyrie and Emperor Kang? " Zhao Chen looked at the soldiers below, and spoke each word.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. We will definitely train well and never slack off again!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Why can't we accomplish what even your Majesty is capable of?"

"Even His Majesty can endure hardships, so why can't we do the same?"

The soldiers below gritted their teeth and expressed their determination!

Zhao Chen's face finally revealed a smile, and said: "Very good! Today, you all have stood in the sun for such a long time, you must be tired! Drink some water and have a good rest. I want to discuss military matters with your General Yue! From tomorrow onwards, I will train with you in the military camp! "